Eastside High School Lesson Plan Template

Teacher & Co-teacher

Course Name &
Period

Cricket Butler

Week & Date

February 2-6, 2015

Unit Title

Period 5: 1848-1877

APUSH- 5th, 6th, & 7th Periods

Key Concept 5.1: The United States became

more connected with the world as it pursued an
expansionist foreign policy in the Western
Hemisphere and emerged as the destination for
many migrants from other countries.
I. Enthusiasm for U.S. territorial expansion,
fueled by economic and national security
interests and supported by claims of U.S. racial
and cultural superiority, resulted in war, the
opening of new markets, acquisition of new
territory, and increased ideological conflicts.
(ID-2) (WXT-2) (WOR-5) (WOR-6) (ENV-3)
(ENV-4)
II. Westward expansion, migration to and
within the United States, and the end of slavery
reshaped North American boundaries and
caused conflicts over American cultural
identities, citizenship, and the question of
extending and protecting rights for various
groups of U.S. inhabitants. (ID-6) (WXT-6)
(PEO-2) (PEO-5) (PEO-6) (POL-6)

Unit Standards (including text)

Key Concept 5.2: Intensified by expansion
and deepening regional divisions, debates over
slavery and other economic, cultural, and
political issues led the nation into civil war.
I. The institution of slavery and its attendant
ideological debates, along with regional
economic and demographic changes, territorial
expansion in the 1840s and 1850s, and cultural
differences between the North and the South, all
intensified sectionalism. (ID-5) (POL-3) (POL5) (POL-6) (CUL-2) (CUL-6)
II. Repeated attempts at political compromise
failed to calm tensions over slavery and often
made sectional tensions worse, breaking down
the trust between sectional leaders and
culminating in the bitter election of 1860,
followed by the secession of southern states.
(POL-2) (POL-6) (PEO-5) (ID-5)

Key Concept 5.3: The Union victory in the

Civil War and the contested
Reconstruction of the South settled the issues
of slavery and secession, but left unresolved
many questions about the power of the federal
government and citizenship rights.
I. The Norths greater manpower and
industrial resources, its leadership, and the
decision for emancipation eventually led to
the Union military victory over the
Confederacy in the devastating Civil War.
(POL-5) (CUL-2) (ENV-3)
II. The Civil War and Reconstruction altered
power relationships between the states and
the federal government and among the
executive, legislative, and judicial branches,
ending slavery and the notion of a divisible
union, but leaving unresolved questions of
relative power and largely unchanged social
and economic patterns. (POL-5) (POL-6) (ID5)
III. The constitutional changes of the
Reconstruction period embodied a Northern
idea of American identity and national
purpose and led to conflicts over new
definitions of citizenship, particularly
regarding the rights of African Americans,
women, and other minorities. (ID-2) (POL-6)

Unit Essential Questions

What were the political, economic, and cultural motives behind Manifest Destiny and westward migration?
How did Manifest Destiny and westward expansion shape both American national identity and group identities in the West?
How did conceptions of national and regional identity and of democratic ideals shape the debates over expansion and slavery?
Why did compromise no longer work between North and South?
Why did the North win the Civil War? Consider political, economic, military, environmental, and diplomatic factors.
How did the Civil War shape conceptions of national, group, and regional identity?
How did the Civil War change the United States?
What were the successes and failures of Reconstruction?
What were the main elements of the presidential and congressional reconstruction plans, and how did the struggle between the two
branches alter power relationships?
What were the most important legacies of the Civil War and Reconstruction in terms of race, class, gender, politics, and economics?

Monday

02/02

Tuesday

02/03

Daily Essential
Question/s

How did Reconstruction

address the major
problems facing the
South and the nation
after the Civil War?

Considering the legacy of

Reconstruction, what
were its successes and its
failures?

Activating
Strategy

Civil War Period Test:

Multiple Choice Madness
& SAQ (30 min)

Delivery/
Instruction/
Activities

Talking Points: 15 Things

you Must Know about
Reconstruction

6 Degrees of Separation:
Reconstruction
2nd Inaugural Address
(1865) ---- Compromise
of 1877
Talking Points: 15 Things
you Must Know about
Reconstruction

Grouping
Method

Wednesday

02/04

Individual Work; Whole

Group

02/05

Friday

02/06

How did the

transcontinental railroad
network provide the basis
for an integrated national
market and the post-Civil
War industrial
transformation?
Intro to the Gilded Age!

How will students

demonstrate a deep
understanding of a
selected topic in US
History? Why the
Selected Topics
Project?
Edublogs Tutorial &
Blogging Rubric

How did the huge

industrial trusts develop
in industries such as
steel and oil, and what
was their effect on the
economy?

Talking Points: The Railroad

Boom

Selected Topics Project:

Set up edublogs &
Topic Approval

Talking Points:
Industrial Empires

Watch clip from America:

The Story of US, Heartland
episode
Individual Assessment;
Collaborative Pairs

Thursday

Whole Group; Individual

Work

*Next Week:
Begin Initial Research &
Topic Proposal Post due
Flexible Grouping:
Whole Group;
Individual Work;
Collaborative Pairs

Secondary Source MiniJigsaw: Anti-Trust

Legislation

Collaborative Groups;
Whole Group

HOW & WHY

Questions
(4 per day)

Constructed
Response
Practice

How were
presidential and
congressional
approaches to
Reconstruction
similar/different?
How did freed blacks
react to the end of
slavery? How did
African Americans
take advantage of the
political, economic,
and social
opportunities of
Reconstruction,
despite their
limitations?
How did militant
southern white
opposition
undermine
Republican attempt
to empower Southern
blacks?
Why did the radical
Republicans impeach
Johnson and why did
they fail to convict
him?
The Period Assessment
for the Civil War
incorporates 2 Short
Answer Questions.

How were
presidential and
congressional
approaches to
Reconstruction
similar/different?
How did freed blacks
react to the end of
slavery? How did
African Americans
take advantage of
the political,
economic, and social
opportunities of
Reconstruction,
despite their
limitations?
How did militant
southern white
opposition
undermine
Republican attempt
to empower
Southern blacks?
Why did the radical
Republicans impeach
Johnson and why did
they fail to convict
him?
Ticket Out the Door:
Analogy
Civil War :
Reconstruction ::
Briefly explain your
analogy.

Why was there a

dramatic increase in
railroad construction
after the Civil War and
what were some of the
positives and negatives
of this revolution?
How did abuses in the
railroad industry lead to
the first efforts at
industrial regulation by
the federal
government?
How did the economy
come to be dominated
by giant trusts?
How did new
technological
innovations fuel new
industries and why
American
manufacturers
increasingly turned
toward mass
production?

Quick Write: Synthesis

Practice- Write a synthesis
paragraph connecting the
Railroad Boom of the late
1800s with the
Transportation Revolution
of the late 1700s.

How are students

going to learn
about their project
(resources and
strategies)?
How are students
going to show and
prove what they
learned about their
topic? (evidence
and verification)
How will student
blogging reinforce
the goals of the
Selected Topics
Project?
How will students
be assessed? Why
a TED Talk? Why
an artifact &
symposium?

Digital Ticket out the

Door through Google
Forms

How did the huge

industrial trusts
develop in
industries such as
steel and oil, and
what was their
effect on the
economy?
How should
industrialists such
as Vanderbilt,
Carnegie, and
Rockefeller be
viewed? As robber
barrons or
captains of
industry?
How did the
Interstate
Commerce Act and
the Sherman AntiTrust Act deal with
monopolies? Were
they successful?
Why was the South
generally excluded
from American
industrial
development?
Ticket Out the Door:
How did the Interstate
Commerce Act and the
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
deal with monopolies?
Were they successful?

Differentiation

Product: Summative
Assessment on Period 5
Process/Content:
Talking Points
Lecture/Discussion meets
needs of diverse learning
styles (auditory, visual,
logical, interpersonal,
intrapersonal)

Tech Integration
(include hyperlinks
to video clips)

Zipgrade App

Product: Formative
Assessment/Ticket out
the door requires
students to create an
analogy of the Civil War
& Reconstruction
Process/Content:
Talking Points
Lecture/Discussion
meets needs of diverse
learning styles (auditory,
visual, logical,
interpersonal,
intrapersonal)
No Technology Day.

Process/Content:
Talking Points
Lecture/Discussion meets
needs of diverse learning
styles (auditory, visual,
logical, interpersonal,
intrapersonal)

Project Based Learning

and APUSH Capstone
Assessment; Genius
Hour students will be
exempt from this
project and will use
class time to work on
autonomously

Process/Content:
Talking Points
Lecture/Discussion
meets needs of diverse
learning styles
(auditory, visual, logical,
interpersonal,
intrapersonal) AND
mini-Jigsaw method
allows for collaboration

Online Resource for

America: The Story of US

Access to Media Center

& Computers

No Technology Day.

Selected Topics Page on

#apushgeek